Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

radiolarite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ra-di-o-lar-ite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It comprehends the following generally flat-lying members: Hauptdolomit, Platten Limestone, Kossen Beds, Rhae- tian reef Limestone, Liassic marls and limestones, up to 350 m thick siliceous, radiolarite-bearing strata"
"The conodont-dominated assemblages with strongly impoverished to totally lacking benthos contained in the soft radiolarite-bearing shales of the Ponikev Formation are typical of units deposited during this time"

Usage

Inflected Forms

radiolarites (plural)

Derived Forms

radiolaritic

Questions

What does radiolarite mean?: radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it.

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